Chance to purchase a 1080ti machine - spec check

Andr3w · 17 Jul 2019 at 16:00

Looking to upgrade from my i7-6700hq 1070m Laptop as I no longer travel anymore.
I have the chance to purchase the following for approx £1000 (to be negotiated):

ASRock Z170 Extreme4 Skylake ATX Motherboard
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3000 MHz CL15 XMP 2.0 High Performance Desktop Memory Kit - Black
Be Quiet BG012 Dark Base 900 Aluminium ATX Gaming Chassis - Black/Silver
Zotac 1080 Ti AMP EXTREME 8GB GDDR3
Intel Core i5 6600K + EK Predator 360
Seagate Firecuda 2TB Hybrid SHDD ( 2 of these )
Sandisk 256GB SSD
Corsair RM-1000I 1000W Gold Rated PSU fully modular

What are your thoughts on this spec?

I've been out of the loop for a couple of years so I don't have any current knowledge on decent specs!

spoffle · 17 Jul 2019 at 16:07

You can get new hardware that will be as fast or faster, for the same price. It's not worth it.

Andr3w · 17 Jul 2019 at 16:14

Really? Could you suggest what I could get that is better for a similar/same price?

DomBruv · 17 Jul 2019 at 16:16

spoffle said:
You can get new hardware that will be as fast or faster, for the same price. It's not worth it.

brand new? I doubt it.

Journey · 17 Jul 2019 at 16:23

It is overpriced for £1000, no warranty at all and can build a similar spec/better spec for the same new, not including the fancy case and over specced PSU anyhow.

EDIT: Similar performance GPU wise, much better CPU with an upgrade option on the socket, I even included a cooler. No big mechanical HDD's but a 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD, which could be swapped for a 256GB SSD and 5TB mechanical for a few pounds more.

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI - B450M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage: Crucial - P1 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card
Case: Fractal Design - Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply

Total: ~£1050

Andr3w · 17 Jul 2019 at 16:29

Journey said:
It is overpriced for £1000, no warranty at all and can build a similar spec/better spec for the same new, not including the fancy case and over specced PSU anyhow.

wow I really am out of touch. What spec would be similar/better for the about the same price?

Journey · 17 Jul 2019 at 16:31

Andr3w said:
wow I really am out of touch. What spec would be similar/better for the about the same price?

See above.

Andr3w · 17 Jul 2019 at 17:08

Journey said:
See above.

Oh...wow... maybe I should look at going new!

How does a 2070 super compare to the 1080ti?

Journey · 17 Jul 2019 at 17:14

Andr3w said:
Oh...wow... maybe I should look at going new!

How does a 2070 super compare to the 1080ti?

It's pretty much like for like, a few % here and there. If you were going new, and wanted better 1440P/4K performance the RTX 2080 Super is out on 23rd July, but that would be about £150-200 more. Likley to be 10-15% slower than a 2080 Ti but 40-50% cheaper.

Andr3w · 17 Jul 2019 at 17:19

Journey said:
It's pretty much like for like, a few % here and there. If you were going new, and wanted better 1440P/4K performance the RTX 2080 Super is out on 23rd July, but that would be about £150-200 more. Likley to be 10-15% slower than a 2080 Ti but 40-50% cheaper.

That seems like the sensible option to be honest.

I like the luck of the Ryzen Cpus, they seem like better value overall.

And a 1TB ssd!!!

Andr3w · 17 Jul 2019 at 19:30

Journey said:
It's pretty much like for like, a few % here and there. If you were going new, and wanted better 1440P/4K performance the RTX 2080 Super is out on 23rd July, but that would be about £150-200 more. Likley to be 10-15% slower than a 2080 Ti but 40-50% cheaper.

....I've just realised 23rd July is next week!!! I thought it was still June for some reason :eek:

MassiveJim · 17 Jul 2019 at 21:55

recently built a complete system for just over £1000.
Ryzen 2600x, RTX 2070, 256GB NVME SSD, 1TB HDD, 240mm AIO Cooler, 16GB 3200Mhz DDR4
850w Corsair PSU, and case, think the total came to about £1050 all in.

Obviously all with warranty as well.
No way I would be paying £1000 for that 2nd hand PC
ASRock Z170 Extreme4 Skylake ATX Motherboard - £100 ?
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3000 MHz CL15 XMP 2.0 High Performance Desktop Memory Kit - Black - £40
Be Quiet BG012 Dark Base 900 Aluminium ATX Gaming Chassis - Black/Silver - £70 if its in really good Nic (Cases don't fetch much 2nd hand)
Zotac 1080 Ti AMP EXTREME 8GB GDDR3 - £350 - £400 judging by recent MM sales
Intel Core i5 6600K + EK Predator 360 - £100 + £50 ?
Seagate Firecuda 2TB Hybrid SHDD ( 2 of these ) £50 each ?
Sandisk 256GB SSD - £20? (£40 new)
Corsair RM-1000I 1000W Gold Rated PSU fully modular - £90 ?

I get that to a total of £970, however those are individual prices, if someone wants to go through the hassle of selling 2nd hand online and posting it all out seperately, if buying in person from someone, I would expect to pay no more than £700 - £750

CuriousTomCat · 17 Jul 2019 at 22:44

Andr3w said:
wow I really am out of touch.

You dont have to be in touch with modern hardware to realise the dangers of buying without a warrenty. Imagine spending £1000 on a used PC and then this happens for example;

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...ent-bang-found-green-liquid-on-mobo.18859451/

£1000 is a lot of money to loose. Even if this used PC was twice as fast as a new PC I would recommend against it. Anything could happen. Warrenty is very very important when spending that much money. It's okay buying the odd component like a used GPU that's been well looked after but I wouldn't spend more than £200.

spoffle · 17 Jul 2019 at 22:53

DomBruv said:
brand new? I doubt it.

It looks like you're out of touch as well. See the rest of the thread.